būrum

Akkadian

𒀫 (būrum)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *bVʕVr- (“bull, calf”). Compare with Arabic بَعِير (baʕīr, “camel”) and Biblical Hebrew בְּעִיר (bəʕír, “cattle, beasts”) and Ugaritic 𐎛𐎁𐎗 (ỉbr, “bull”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈbuː.rum/

Noun

būrum m (plural būrū) (Old Akkadian, Old Assyrian, Middle Assyrian, Old Babylonian, Standard Babylonian)

1. young calf (of either sex)
2. foal, kid (the young of quadrupeds)

Alternative forms

• būru (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒀫 (AMAR) 𒄞𒀫 (GU₄.AMAR)	𒁍𒌑𒀸 (bu-u₂-rum) 𒁍𒌑𒊒 (bu-u₂-ru) 𒁍𒌋𒊒 (bu-u-ru) 𒁍𒊒 (bu-ru)

Derived terms

• būrtum (“cow”)

References

• “būru A”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
• Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “būru(m) II”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag